[linux-dvb] Re: Problems with WinTV NOVA-CI

[w-thiel@gmx.net]

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 09:58:05PM +0000, Andrew de Quincey wrote:
> ....
> > Unfortunately, most of the developers seem to think that this problem
> > is related to special cards: imho, I don't think it is.
> > Unfortunately, my skills are limited; I tried to help with error reports:
> > see the other thread.
> 
> The skystar2 uses a totally different PCI chipset (b2c2) which has a hardware 
> TS demuxer (although it is possible to tell it to use the software demux). It 
> is possible these identical symptoms are caused by something else as it is a 
> totally different chipset.
>
That's my suspicion: we have a "multiple problem" here. Nevertheless,
we have a problem (some problems?) that manifest itselves on different
budget cards.

> If it were in an upper layer (i.e. not tied to specific hardware), reloading 
> the drivers would fix the saa7146 based budget cards. It does not. Therefore 
> it is highly unlikely to be a bug in the upper driver layers. I've been 
> through this line of thought several times already :(
>
Thanks. But:
I'm afraid I don't get your logic: "If it were in an upper layer..."
And what if if the upper layer is doing wrong things?
 
> I'm out of ideas. As I've said before, for the FF cards at least, until 
> someone uses CVS to "go back in time" to find out what change has caused 
> this, it is unlikely to be fixed soon. I cannot. I do not have a FF card.
>
Many thanks for your time.

Wolfgang